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concerns are taken seriously by government officials. This will also contribute to their social wellbeing at the individual level, by building their self-esteem and a sense of empowerment, including bringing about important benefits for societies, such as increased awareness of common challenges and a joint commitment to identify solutions that work in the long- run. Furthermore, young people’s active inclusion in political process spaces, especially in voting is not only a socio-economic imperative, but also key to preserving a stable economy and enduring peace. Ultimately, it also benefits society as a whole by reinforcing a positive civic behavior, thus staying informed on politics, including encouraging young people to run for official positions in elections. The paper recommends that there is need to engage the youth at a young age, in order to build trust and transparency between generations, and between citizens and their government. There is need for further research on how best to implement the e- voting system in Kenya, considering that the youth like using the internet in most of their activities. R eferences R éférences R eferencias 1. Achieng, M., & Ruhode, E. (2013). The Adoption and Challenges of Electronic Voting Technologies within the South African Context. International Journal of Managing Information Technology, 5(4). doi:10.5121/ijmit.2013.5401 2. Adeshina, S. A., & Ojo, A. (2017). Factors for e-voting adoption - analysis of general elections in Nigeria. Government Information Quarterly, 37(3). doi:10.1016/j.giq.2017.09.006 3. Moletsane, T. 2021. Factors influencing the intention of youth to adopt electronic voting in South Africa. Faculty of Commerce, Department of Information Systems . http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35887 4. Avgerou, C., Masiero, S., & Poulymenakou, A. (2019). Trusting e-voting amid experiences of electoral malpractice: The case of Indian elections. Journal of Information Technology, 34(3). doi: 10. 1177/0268396218816199 5. Avgerou, C., Masiero, S., & Poulymenakou, A. (2019). Trusting e-voting amid experiences of electoral malpractice: The case of Indian elections. Journal of Information Technology, 34(3). 6. Chauhan, S., Jaiswal, M., & Kar, A. K. (2018). The acceptance of electronic voting machines in India: a UTAUT approach. Electronic Government, An International Journal, 14(3), 255-275. doi: 10.1504/ EG.2018.093427 7. Ranta, E. (2018). Patronage and Ethnicity amongst Politically Active Young Kenyan in Youth and Political Engagement in Africa. BRILL https://www. jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctvbqs5zx.20. (Accessed 15 August, 2022). 8. Tomaž Deželan, “Young People and Democratic Life in Europe: What Next After the 2014 European Elections?,” (European Youth Forum, 2015), www. youthup.eu/app/uploads/2015/11/YFJ_Young Peopl eAndDemocraticLifeInEurope_B1_web-9e4bd8be22 .pdf. 9. UNDP, Youth and Democratic Citizenship in East and South East Asia: Exploring Political Attitudes of East and South-East Asian Youth through the Asian Barometer Survey, (UN Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, 2014), https://issuu.com/undp/docs/rbap- dg-2014-youth-n-democratic-cit/69. 10. UN-DESA, World Youth Report 2016: Youth Civic Engagement, (UN, 2016), https://doi.org/10.18356/ a4137e60-en. 11. Staerkle, C. (2015). Political Psychology in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition). 12. Petitpas, A, Jaquet, JM, Sciarini, P (2021) Does E- Voting Matter for Turnout, and to Whom? Electoral Studies 71: 102245. © 2023 Global Journals Volume XXIII Issue II Version I 69 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 C Can e-voting Improve Youth Voter Turnout?: Experiences from the Kenya 2022 General Elections